2025 Must-Visit for Families! Wanfenglin Nature Classroom + Fun Farming Full Guide

🌿 Main Text:
As an expert deeply involved in family travel, I just tested the new summer activities at Wanfenglin with my kid and must share this fresh guide with everyone! This karst secret spot, rated "China's Most Beautiful Peak Forest" by National Geographic, has launched textbook-level family projects this summer. Nature exploration, cultural experiences, and fun interactions are perfectly combined. Save this three-day, two-night in-depth travel plan👇

🌟 Core Highlights

✅ Magical Rice Field Journey
📍 Risheng Rice Field Fish Catching (Shangnahui Village)
Roll up your pants and step into the rice fields early morning. Under professional guidance, use bamboo baskets to catch rice flower fish. The 30 RMB per person fee includes waterproof pants and boots rental. The caught fish can be cooked on-site into sour bamboo shoot fish or pan-fried rice flower fish. Kids feel a great sense of achievement eating their own catch! Avoid noon; choose 9-11 AM or 4-6 PM for stunning light and shadow photography in the rice fields.

🚂 Double Rice Field Train Experience
Recommended to take the vintage train on the Shangnahui section in the morning (20 RMB/person), traveling through yellow and green rice fields, with views of Buyi elders herding cattle and farming scenes; in the evening, experience the "Starry Sky" train at the Huitiaohua Square section, decorated with firefly light strings, and enjoy freshly baked rice field mochi sold on board.

✅ Geological Archaeology Adventure
🏛️ Xingyi Geological Museum
Highly recommend the "Triassic Challenge" themed activity (68 RMB/child, parents accompany free). Kids become little archaeologists, using professional tools to dig for ammonites and Guizhou dragon fossil fragments. Completing tasks earns a "Junior Geologist" certificate. The museum’s new 4D theater continuously shows "The Mystery of Dinosaur Extinction," with seats spraying water and vibrating according to the plot, fully engaging the kids.

✅ Ethnic Culture Immersion
🎨 Xu Chaqing Mountain Art Museum Tie-Dyeing
Under the guidance of a Buyi intangible cultural heritage inheritor, kids design their own indigo-dyed handkerchiefs, participating fully from fabric folding to dye soaking. They can wear their self-made indigo headscarves for photos, looking super stylish! They can also take their creations home as travel souvenirs.

🔥 Intangible Cultural Heritage Iron Flower Night
Every night at 8:00 PM at General’s Peak Square, 1600℃ molten iron is splashed into a starry rain. Arrive 30 minutes early to secure a spot; the best viewing point is the viewing platform on the left side of the square. Friendly reminder: free protective goggles are provided on-site, and children must wear them throughout.

🍱 Family Food Map

🍳 General’s Bridge Fried Rice Street
Recommended "Zhou’s Fried Rice," stir-fried with local rapeseed oil, each grain golden, paired with freshly ground soy milk and cold pickled fish mint, about 20 RMB per person to eat until full. Secret tip: add a portion of sour soup beef for a perfect match!

🐟 Fengxi Valley Family Restaurant
Located at the scenic area entrance, specializing in creative countryside dishes. Recommended kids’ set meal (58 RMB/set) includes cartoon-shaped rice balls, vegetable salad, and fresh juice. The restaurant’s backyard has a petting zoo where kids can feed lambs and rabbits after meals.

🍚 Buyi Eight-Dish Feast
Bookable at "Fengxi Banshan Inn," featuring sour bamboo shoot fish, five-color glutinous rice, chicken eight pieces, and other specialties served in bamboo woven boxes. Kids are especially interested in the colorful glutinous rice. The restaurant also offers Buyi children’s costume rentals, creating a great atmosphere for dining and photos.

🏨 Selected Accommodation Recommendations

🏡 Mushroom Wild Luxury Hotel (Sunshine Valley Resort)
Fairy-tale mushroom-shaped rooms, themed rooms like Snow White and Little Yellow Duck come with children’s tents and reading corners. The hotel organizes daily family activities like plant printing and handmade paper making. Evening outdoor movies with a popcorn cart keep kids entertained and reluctant to leave.

🌿 Yueqi Li Mountain Residence (Shangnahui Village)
This newly opened light luxury homestay features an infinity pool and a third-floor viewing platform overlooking the entire Wanfenglin. Family suites come with child toilet seats and book racks. The housekeeper can help book popular activities like rice field fish catching and fossil digging, saving you from waiting in line.

📌 Practical Tips

🚗 Transportation Tips:
✈️ Direct flights to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport are the most convenient. The airport car rental offers child safety seat rentals (50 RMB/day). Inside the scenic area, it’s highly recommended to rent family electric scooters (100 RMB/day), which can carry two adults and one child freely through villages, much more flexible than sightseeing buses.

🌞 Heat Protection Gear:
Average temperature at the end of August is 25-30℃, prepare:
✅ Sun protection set (arm sleeves, fisherman's hat, SPF50+ sunscreen)
✅ Quick-dry clothes + creek shoes (essential for rice field activities)
✅ Mosquito repellent bracelets + lithospermum ointment (mosquitoes are more active in the evening)

📸 Photography Tips:

1. Best sightseeing bus photo spot: Jinxiu Tianyuan Viewing Platform (captures peak forest and bagua rice fields in one frame)

2. Family interaction shots: Use burst mode to capture splashing water moments during rice field fish catching

3. Best light and shadow time: 5:30-6:30 PM, sightseeing bus against the light, easy to capture Tyndall beams

🎁 Hidden Benefits:
Book experience projects via the "Wanfenglin Tourism Group" WeChat official account to enjoy a 20% discount! After following, reply "Family Gift Pack" to receive a physical gift box including a scenic map and hand-drawn check-in booklet. Kids who complete all check-in points can exchange for a Buyi embroidery keychain.

This summer, escape the urban concrete jungle with your kids. In the picturesque landscape of Wanfenglin, discover nature’s secrets with your eyes, touch farming wisdom with your hands, and feel the warmth of ethnic culture with your heart. Remember to book popular experiences 15 days in advance. Let’s create exclusive summer memories for your family together!